A Maryland OB-GYN has agreed to pay $507,500 to resolve False Claims Act allegations related to a telemarketing scheme designed to defraud Medicare and TRICARE, the Justice Department said in a March 26 news release. Between November 2014 and January…
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Alpharetta, Ga.-based Premier Anesthesia has formed a strategic partnership with City of Hope Phoenix Cancer Center. The privately held anesthesia practice management firm will provide operational and clinical support to the center and serve a key role in the facility’s…
Productivity pressures, shrinking training time and a high bar for patient care drove a Northwestern Medicine gastroenterologist to test whether a simulation could fill a growing skills gap. Sri Komanduri, MD, associate chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology…
A Whatcom (Wash.) County judge has dismissed a physician’s lawsuit against the staffing firm he was formerly employed by, Cascadia Daily reported March 25. In 2020, Ming Lin, MD, a former emergency room physician at Bellingham, Wash.-based PeaceHealth St. Joseph…
A Greenville, N.C.-based women’s health clinic will close June 1 after nearly four decades of operation, WITN reported March 25. Physicians East announced the closure of Greenville Women’s Care. Three of the practice’s physicians — Esther Smith, MD, Paige Fisher,…
For many hospitals and academic medical centers, financial performance is balancing on a knife’s edge. Margins remain thin, variability is high, and leaders are under increasing pressure to deliver measurable results faster than ever before. Huron Managed Services is working…
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Covington, La.-based St. Tammany Health System has cut the ribbon on a new outpatient cardiology center. According to a March 25 news release, the 22,000-square-foot facility centralizes outpatient cardiology procedures and diagnostics in one location, aiming to streamline care from…
The trajectory of outpatient spine surgery continues, some of the unexpected shifts ahead could come from developments in AI, policy and operational efficiencies. Leaders discuss what might surprise ASCs when it comes to spine care in five years. Note: Responses…
For many ASC leaders, the pressure to perform has never been higher amid reimbursement headwinds, growing competition for physicians, and the ongoing shift of complex procedures into the outpatient setting. This growing storm has made operational excellence into a critical…
San Francisco-based Braveheart Bio, a clinical-stage biotech company, has appointed Emil deGoma, MD, as its chief medical officer. Dr. deGoma, a cardiologist, joins Braveheart Bio from Tourmaline Bio, where he served as senior vice president of medical research, according to…